Glycoinositolphospholipids from leishmania braziliensis and L. infantum: Modulation of innate immune system and variations in carbohydrate structure

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Assis, Rafael Ramiro ^a,b   Ibraim, Izabela Coimbra ^a   Noronha, Fátima Soares ^b   Turco, Salvatore Joseph ^c   Soares, Rodrigo Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPHOSPHOLIPID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROUS ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOKINE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUOROPHORE ASSISTED CARBOHYDRATE ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CYTOKINES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 84857885818     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001543     Document Type: Article

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